In this exercise, you need to use the words in the box to ask your classmates how often they do these things. The words are:

* **barrer**: sweeping
**cocinar**: cooking
**lavar**: washing
**limpiar**: cleaning
**pasar**: passing
**quitar**: taking off

* **almuerzo**: lunch
**aspiradora**: vacuum
**balcón**: balcony
**cuarto**: bedroom
**polvo**: dust
**ropa**: clothes

* **a menudo**: often
**a veces**: sometimes
**casi nunca**: almost never
**de vez en cuando**: from time to time
**nunca**: never
**todos los días**: every day

So, you could ask questions like:

* *¿Barres el cuarto a menudo?*
Do you sweep your bedroom often?
*Sí, lo barro todos los días.*
Yes, I sweep it every day.

* *¿Cada cuánto cocinas el almuerzo?*
How often do you cook lunch?
*Cocino el almuerzo de vez en cuando.*
I cook lunch from time to time.

* *¿Con qué frecuencia lavas la ropa?*
How often do you wash the clothes?
*Casi nunca lavo la ropa.*
I almost never wash clothes.

* *¿Pasas la aspiradora a menudo?*
Do you vacuum often?
*A veces paso la aspiradora.*
Sometimes I vacuum.

* *¿Con qué frecuencia quitas el polvo?*
How often do you remove dust?
*Nunca quito el polvo.*
I never remove the dust.

In this exercise, you need to write your timetable for this week, including some items from your daily routine and unexpected activities.

You could write:

|Lunes (Monday) | 8:00: Ir a la escuela (going to school). 13:30: Ir al dentista (going to the dentist) |
|–|–|
| Martes (Tuesday)| 8:00: Ir a la escuela, 14:00: Ir a la casa de Evan (going to Evan’s house), 20:00 hacer tarea (doing homework)|
|Miércoles (Wednesday) | 8:00: Ir a la escuela, 17:00: Ir a clase de natación (going to swimming class) |
|Jueves (Thursday) | 8:00: Ir a la escuela, 16:00: Visitar a mi abuela (visiting my grandmother), 19:00: Limpiar mi cuarto (cleaning my room)|
| Viernes (Friday)| 8:00: Ir a la escuela, 17:00: Ir al centro comercial con mis amigos (going to the mall with my friends)|
|Sábado (Saturday) | 12:00: Levantarme (getting up), 13:00: Preparar el almuerzo (making lunch), 16:30: Ir al cine con Nick (going to the movies with Nick)|
|Domingo (Sunday) | 12:00: Levantarme, 15:00: Ir al mercado (going to the market), 16:30: Hacer tarea (doing homework). |

Then, you need to compare your routines in pairs, comparing what you do daily, whether you have activities in common or not. You could write:

*Alena y yo no tenemos muchas actividades en común. Ambos vamos a la escuela todos los días a las 8:00, pero ella va a clases de baile los sábados a las diez, y yo voy a clases de natación los miércoles a las cinco. Alena visita a su abuela los fines de semana, y yo los jueves.*
Alena and I don’t have many activities in common. We both go to school every day at 8:00, but she goes to dance class on Saturdays at eight, and I go to swimming class on Wednesdays at five. Alena visits her grandmother on the weekends, and I do so on Thursdays.

Finally, you need to use the information to write a small paragraph about your friend’s life. Do they like routine? Do they enjoy unexpected things? Do they fill their schedule with social activities or do they prefer to be at home?

So, you could write:

*A Alena no le gusta mucho la rutina. Su única costumbre es ir a la escuela todos los días, y luego todos los días hace alguna actividad social. Le gusta salir con sus amigos varias veces a la semana e ir a clase de baile. Los fines de semana, Alena va a visitar a su abuela fuera de la ciudad.*

Alena doesn’t like routine a lot. Her only routine activity is going to school every day, and then she does some social activity every day. She likes going out with her friends many times a week, and going to dance class. On weekends, Alena visits her grandmother outside of the city.